Fire at the Defense of Sevastopol panorama building has been contained; there is a risk the dome may collapse
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The “Defense of Sevastopol” panorama was “practically destroyed” after an attack by Ukrainian drones. The Russian-appointed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said that a Ukrainian drone struck the building of the museum-panorama “Defense of Sevastopol 1854–1855,” after…
Fire at the Defense of Sevastopol panorama building has been contained; there is a risk the dome may collapse
This was stated to TASS by the museum.
"The building has been burning for 13 hours; there is a risk the panorama dome may collapse," Mikhail Smorodkin, director of the Sevastopol Defense Museum, added to the agency.
🔵The “Defense of Sevastopol” museum-panorama was opened in 1905 for the 50th anniversary of the defense of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. The museum was created by battle painter Franz Roubaud.
🔵The core of the exhibition is a circular canvas recreating the assault on Malakhov Kurgan in 1855. In 1942, during German bombings, the museum building had already been completely destroyed, but it was restored in the 1950s.
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Containment Arrived Before Anything Was Saved
The museum burned for 13 hours; the dome may collapse.
Heritage was saved at the wording stage.